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We'd like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their assistance in the making of "Murder in Navan" whether by an investment of their time and / or materials provided to us:

- Eric Smith, Navan, Ontario

- Michael J. Eamon, Manager, Virtual Exhibitions and Partnerships, Library and Archives Canada

- Members of the Cumberland Township Historical Society

- J. Murray Dent, Richmond, Ontario

- John Tennant, Orleans, Ontario

- Dommi Freestone, Corporate Archives Assistant, Hydro One Archives

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- Michael Houston, Ottawa Police Services, Manager, Imaging Services Forensic, Identification Section

- Jeanie Tummon, Museum Curator, OPP Museum (Orillia); Paula Drew, Museum Assistant; Ellen Blaubergs, Museum Assistant

- Jo-Anne Colby, CPR Archives

- Cumberland Heritage Village Museum

- Fred Sherwin, The Eastender, Orleans, Ontario

- Adèle Meloche, Agente de programme d'investissement / Investment Program Officer, RCIP/CHIN

- Gladys Sharkey, Cumberland, Ontario

- Gladys Eggert, Cumberland, Ontario

- Helen Deavy, Cumberland, Ontario

- Nicole Smith, Research Assistant, Historical Office, Public Affairs and Information Directorate, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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- Peter Anderson, Cumberland, Ontario

- Guy Brunet, Brunet Funeral Home, Rockland, Ontario

- Detective Harold Dent, Central District Investigations, Ottawa Police Services

- Ross Bradley, Navan, Ontario

- Helen Burns, Navan, Ontario

- Bob Edwards, Cumberland, Ontario

- Doug Hayes, Chairman, Dale's Cemetary Board, Cumberland, Ontario

- Students at Meadowview Public School, Navan, Ontario

- Navan Women's Institute, Navan, Ontario

- Eileen Vaillancourt, Navan, Ontario

- Wanda McWilliams, Navan, Ontario

- St. Mary's Anglican, Navan, Ontario

- Gilles Chartrand, Rockland, Ontario

- Club de Golf Tecumseh, Gatineau, Quebec

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- Dedication to Duty : OPP Officers Who Died Serving Ontario, Barnes, Michael. General Store Publishing House (2000)

- O.P.P. : The History of the Ontario Provincial Police Force, Higley, Dahn D., The Queen's Printer (1984)

- "The Cumberland Cover up," Norman Edwards, Navan, Ontario

- For Conspicuous Gallantry, OPP Review

- Photo of 1939 Royal Visit: "Joyce Evens, daughter of the City Clerk of Port Arthur, presents a bouquet to Queen Elizabeth, watched by Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Hon. C.D. Howe and Mayor C.W. Cox" (Library and Archives Canada, National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque Collection, PA-211025)

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The "Murder in Navan" production team:

Randall Ash (project manager, writer / researcher)
Jeannie Smith (writer / researcher)
Verna Cotton (researcher)
Jean-François Beaulieu (researcher)
Martin Rocque (graphic artist / photographer)
Dan Brazeau (developer)
Bob Serré (editor)

Special thanks go to Eric Smith for his recollections and insight into the murder, and his unwavering support; and to Murray and Harold Dent for their support throughout the project.

The Cumberland Township Historical Society, December 2004

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Murder in Navan: story graphic
2004